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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every adult I know who went to boarding school is damaged in a unique way.  Essentially, they were rejected by their parents at a young age and list a part of their soul.  [/quote]

This is BS.  I went to a competitive day school but had a lot of friends in college who went boarding and have a good number of friends in adulthood who did.  There’s not a statistically significant difference in mental health.  I think the boarding school kids excelled in college, not especially academically as their academics weren’t too superior to a lot of the schools other kids went to, but they were so much more prepared for the school/life balance and being away from home.  9/11 was my freshman year, we were all from the north east.  The boarding school kids kept it together and the rest of us were at a borderline melt down unable to contact parents, friends, etc all 2 weeks into the year.  That’s just one example though - there are upsides and downsides to growing up too quickly - but in terms of life skills I can’t imagine a better situation that boarding.[/quote]

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